Filter & Sort
Ending the FAFSA List
Education Department will stop giving colleges information from federal form about students' college preferences, which critics said disadvantaged some students during the admissions and financial aid process.
The Non-Ratings Future
The fight over college ratings is over -- but what do institutions and others want to see in the consumer tool the Obama administration is developing in their place?
Making Work-Study Work
Federal work-study generally boosts students' odds of graduating and getting a job, study finds. But money too often goes to wealthier students, and findings show an alarming increase in participants' debt loads.
Politics of Pell for Prisoners
Obama administration confirms its pilot program to offer Pell Grants to some prisoners is coming this Friday, and some Republican opposition is already forming.
Rally for Recognition
Student advocates use the backdrop of ITT Tech's annual shareholders meeting to protest for-profit colleges' approach to loan debt.
CFPB Crackdown on Loan Servicers
Discover Bank agrees to pay $18.5 million in consumer refunds and penalties to resolve charges of illegal loan servicing, as U.S. consumer protection bureau eyes a broader crackdown on an industry it says is rife with problems.
Debt Protests Target Aid Officers
On social media and in person, student activists zero in on financial aid administrators' annual conference.
Opinion
A Step Backward for Students
New federal rules on financial aid disbursement are supposed to protect students and save them money. In some ways it will do the opposite, writes Thomas J. Snyder.